The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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December 16, 1911
These materials include correspondence regarding an application blank of Charles King. The blank was being sent to the Carlisle Indian School so it could be stored in their files.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Transfer of Charles King's Application to Carlisle202.49 KB
March 12, 1912 - December 16, 1912
Superintendent Moses Friedman tells the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that he believes that Indian school superintendents should not offer positions to other schools' employees and then revoke their offers after the employees accept. Friedman…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Complaints Regarding the Process of Indian School Employee Transfers1.33 MB
December 18, 1911 - December 30, 1911
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman encloses three claim vouchers for approval. The vouchers are from the B. F. Sturtevant Company, Alfredy Lowry & Bro., and D. Klein & Bro. Makers of Army and Navy Uniforms.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Enclosure of Three Claim Vouchers403.29 KB
December 20, 1911
This is a monthly report for filled out by the Carlisle Indian School administration for the Department of the Interior. It is for the month of November, 1911, and includes ratings on a number of topics including the physical plant,…
Repository: Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections
Topics:
Format: Reports
View Document: Report for the Month of November 19111.78 MB
December 21, 1911 - January 22, 1912
Thomas B. Mills informs Senator Isaac Stephenson that a 1/8 Chippewa girl would like to attend the Carlisle Indian School and asks him to secure information that would help her to enroll. Stephenson forwards the letter to the Commissioner of…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Enroll a 1/8 Chippewa Girl752.43 KB
January 4 - February 1, 1912
These materials include correspondence, a supplies list, and a survey of unserviceable materials at the Carlisle Indian School. Some of the condemned materials were approved for sale on the open market.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Condemnation and Sale of Unserviceable Property, January 1912695.57 KB
January 5, 1912
Correspondence between Robert G. Valentine, Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Moses Friedman regarding the previous Carlisle Indian School Annual Report. Valentine compliments Friedman on the quality of the printing and design as well as the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Correspondence Regarding the 1911 Annual Report186.17 KB
January 5 - 16, 1912
These materials contain correspondence regarding a request to return home Tillie Catfish.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Discipline - General
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Return Home of Tillie Catfish242.63 KB
January 7, 1912 - June 14, 1912
These materials include correspondence and financial documents related to the re-enrollment and disposition of funds of Peter Jackson. There were disputes over how Jackson's earnings and annuities should be paid out.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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View Document: Dispute Regarding Funds and Enrollment of Peter Jackson1.87 MB
January 7, 1912
Special Indian Agent Edward Paze investigated the way the Carlisle Indian School handles their students' money. Paze informs the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Carlisle has a good system, one that with a few tweaks could be used by the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Savings Accounts
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: School's Handling of Student Money168.76 KB
January 15 - August 31, 1912
These materials include correspondence, an excerpt from an inspection report, and memoranda concerning staff organization and salary changes at the Carlisle Indian School. After an inspection by Charles F. Peirce, the salaries of certain…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: School Employees - General
Format: Financial Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Changes to Staff Salaries and Organization, 19123.43 MB
January 15, 1912
These materials include an inspection report of Charles F. Peirce, Supervisor of Indian Schools, on the Carlisle Indian School in early 1912, as well as correspondence regarding the reports. Peirce makes a number of recommendations, in particular…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report of Charles F. Peirce for January 19122.72 MB
January 15, 1912
Supervisor of the Fifth District Charles F. Peirce provides an Inspection Report about the Carlisle Indian School. Peirce states that the dormitories need new floors, that the partially installed vacuum system makes it impossible to properly heat…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Inspection Report on Dormitories, Vacuum System, and Lavatories406.92 KB
January 20, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding students' heritage. Specifically, officials sought information on students' blood quantum, as changing policy barred the enrollment of students considered to have less than one-fourth degree Indian…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Report on Pupil Heritage182.77 KB
January 22, 1912 - April 26, 1912
This document contains reports and correspondence about eye examinations of Carlisle's students, performed in 1912. Included are statistics and lists of students in need of specific eye treatments, as well as recommendations on preventing further…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report of Eye Examinations and Treatment by Dr. Daniel White9.11 MB
January 22-25, 1912
These materials includes correspondence regarding students who were sent to the Mount Alto Sanitarium in Pennsylvania to recover from tuberculosis.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Report on Mont Alto Sanitarium Student-Patients284.32 KB
January 22, 1912 - March 4, 1912
This document contains correspondence concerning the results of student eye examinations, performed by Dr. Daniel White in 1912. The results stated that 396 students had no eye problems, 190 had trachoma, 5 had follicular conjunctivitis, and 29…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Illness
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Synopsis of Eye Examinations by Dr. Daniel White296.83 KB
January 23, 1912 - March 6, 1912
These materials include an excerpt of Charles F. Peirce's inspection report of January 1912, and Superintendent Moses Friedman's responses to his recommendations. Friedman rejected many of Peirce's recommendations regarding the chain of authority…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence, Reports
View Document: Response to Inspection Report of Charles F. Peirce for January 19121.4 MB
January 31, 1912
Program for the 1911 Athletic Celebration and presentation of the C's. Includes the records for the athletic teams, team photos, rosters, the school song, and the school yell.
Repository: Cumberland County Historical Society
Topics: Track and Field Team, Baseball, Football
Format: Memorabilia and Ephemera
View Document: Program for the 1911 Athletic Celebration5.06 MB
February 1-28, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from Mary M. Redthunder to enroll her sisters Elizabeth and Martha in the Carlisle Indian School after receiving treatment from Dr. Fox in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Elizabeth and Martha Redthunder353.89 KB
February 2, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a miscommunication regarding the role of Nora McFarland, the sister of Francis McFarland, as an interpreter.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Miscommunication Regarding Nora McFarland190.45 KB
February 8-21, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding a request from John E. Frey to enroll his son in the Carlisle Indian School. Frey's request was denied due to the age of his son, and because he lived within easy access to public schools in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Enrollment of Son of John E. Frey307.79 KB
February 23 - March 8, 1912
Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman acknowledges receipt of authority approved for $100 for "Purchase and Transportation Indian Supplies, 1912" and requests authority for a modification of 8597. The initial request and approval…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Approval of Request for "Purchase and Transportation Indian Supplies, 1912" 608.87 KB
February 24, 1912 - April 6, 1912
These materials include correspondence, financial documents, and legal documents regarding a request by Carlisle Superintendent Moses Friedman to give financial power of attorney to the school's financial clerk during Friedman's absences. The…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Financial Affairs - Management
View Document: Financial Power of Attorney for Carlisle's Financial Clerk488.54 KB
February 26, 1912
These materials include correspondence regarding an inquiry by C. F. Hauke, the Second Assistant in the Office of Indian Affairs, into the work of Elizabeth Fish. Hauke was informed that the only Fish from the Carlisle Indian School was attending…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics:
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Work of Elizabeth Fish282.14 KB